Re: Additional emojis

On 07:49  16 May 2025, Andy Burns said:

Pamela wrote:
 

Isn't the emoji sent along with the message text, perhaps as a
bitmap image?

>
Are all letter "A"s sent along as a bitmap?

Of course letter A's are sent as a character code, with the glyph being
created locally.

By contrast, emojis are miniature graphics which I thought were sent as
embedded low-res bitmaps, perhaps similar to colour fonts in CBDT.
Seems not.

So if emojis are generated locally then all the more reason not to use
them. I already get lost amongst the subtle differences between
smileys, and additional local variation would make them more ambiguous in
some conversations.